Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday directed the state Department of Ecology to develop a plan to cap carbon emissions in the state and to increase enforcement of existing pollution laws, saying that the state can't wait for legislative action to address climate change.

It is important to remember that citizens will not receive such e-mails as notification of legal action. Before legal action from government authorities is commenced, citizens would be served with a legal process of some kind but this would be done in person by a credentialed person.

Tuition will drop 20 percent at Central Washington University over the next two years. The reduction, approved by the state Legislature in June, will reduce the price of a bachelor’s degree by $1,686 over two years.

A Yakima County Superior Court judge dismissed the case against Cory Lindblom. This means he is no longer charged with second-degree murder or manslaughter, and Lindblom will not go back to trial next month as once planned.